Chief Data Officer stories
Poor data quality is now a business risk for Chief Data Officers, undermining AI, customer service and compliance across the enterprise.
Many companies are deploying autonomous software faster than they can govern it, leaving thousands of agents able to act without approval.
Ad-hoc data work is draining staff time and slowing AI projects, as only a quarter of large firms have structured data programmes.
Enterprise teams are getting a single control plane to track agent sprawl, tighten permissions and curb AI spending as autonomous systems spread.
Pressure is mounting on financial firms to turn AI pilots into measurable results as SEI adds new leadership to its data overhaul.
As AI agents multiply in Snowflake environments, security teams need tighter controls to stop machine-speed access from outpacing policy.
Boards and regulators are pushing firms to prove AI oversight as fast-changing rules leave many compliance teams scrambling for evidence.
DataIQ says six women feature in its North America top 10 for 2026 as data and AI chiefs shift from analytics to business decisions.
Enterprises in regulated sectors can now query sensitive data in place, as Cloudera says the new ServiceNow link cuts duplication and compliance risk.
Businesses face rising compliance and security risks as SAS adds a single governance layer for AI models and agents across their life cycle.
Retailers and planners in three markets will get finer consumer mapping as GapMaps adds Panolytica’s grid-based segmentation to its data marketplace.
Businesses risk biased outputs and compliance failures unless older data estates are rebuilt for AI, as the ODI and SAP launch research and governance work.
Data specialist Melissa debuts a podcast probing how flawed customer and identity data fuels risk, fraud and compliance headaches.
Only 7% of enterprises are seeing measurable returns from agentic AI, as poor data readiness and fragmented systems hold back adoption.
The UK developer's expansion into energy and data centres gets new finance and technology leadership as it eyes GBP £12 billion of spending.
The gap leaves many retailers exposed, as most feel pressure to adopt AI yet fewer than half have a clear plan for doing so.
More than 700 executives will gather as Australian firms face pressure to prove AI spending delivers results and tighter governance.
Unmanaged AI use is exposing Australian firms to data leakage, compliance breaches and other risks as adoption outpaces oversight.
Weak oversight is leaving large UK firms exposed to compliance breaches as most cannot track how sensitive data is handled by overseas AI systems.
GOODFOLIO reshapes its top team and portfolio platform to chase enterprise AI demand and overseas growth after topping GBP £1 million revenue.